This message is Part 2 of our first series of 2017 titled, "REBOOT" by Pastor Chuck Bernal. In this message titled, "Reboot Your Family", Pastor Chuck shares the importance of family life and how we can make our families strong in 2017 by making 6 essential commitments. This message was delivered at LifePointe Church in Crowley, TX on Sunday, January 15, 2017

13. By wisdom a house is built,
and through understanding it is established;
through knowledge its rooms are filled
with rare and beautiful treasures.
(Proverbs 24:3-4 – New International Version)

14. Wisdom Builds

15. Understanding Establishes

16. Knowledge Fills

17. It takes wisdom to have a good family
and It takes understanding to make it strong.
It takes knowledge to fill a home
with rare and beautiful treasures.
(Proverbs 24:3-4 – The Expanded Bible)

18. Family Reboot Principle 1

19. You need the right foundation
(God’s Wisdom)

20. By wisdom a house is built . . .

21. Commitment 1

22. Build your family on the Lord

23. Unless the Eternal Lord builds the house, those who
labor to raise it will have worked for nothing. Unless the
Eternal Lord stands watch over the city, those who guard it
have wasted their time. (Psalm 127:1 – The Voice)

24. Commitment 2

25. Base your family in the Word

26. We, of course, have plenty of wisdom to pass on to you
once you get your feet on firm spiritual ground, but it’s not
popular wisdom, the fashionable wisdom of high-priced
experts that will be out-of-date in a year or so.

27. God’s wisdom is something mysterious that goes deep into
the interior of his purposes. You don’t find it lying around on
the surface.

28. It’s not the latest message, but more like the oldest —
what God determined as the way to bring out his best in
us, long before we ever arrived on the scene.
(1 Corinthians 2:6-8 – The Message)

29. But the wisdom from above is first of all pure.
It is also peace loving, gentle at all times, and willing to
yield to others. It is full of mercy and good deeds.
It shows no favoritism and is always sincere.
(James 3:17 – New Living Translation)

30. If any of you needs wisdom to know what you should do,
you should ask God, and he will give it to you. God is
generous to everyone and doesn’t find fault with them.
(James 1:5 – God’s Word Translation)

31. Family Reboot Principle 2

32. You have to work hard
to make it strong
(Mutual Understanding)

33. through understanding it is established . . .

34. Live together in harmony, live together in love,
as though you had only one mind and one spirit
between you. Never act from motives of rivalry
or personal vanity, but in humility think more
of each other than you do of yourselves.

35. None of you should think only of his own affairs,
but should learn to see things
from other people’s point of view.
(Philippians 2:3-4 – Phillips Translation)

36. Commitment 1

37. Focused attention
(TIME)

38. Commitment 2

39. Honest communication
(TALK)

41. Family Reboot Principle 3

42. You continue the process
and don’t give up
(Continual Learning)

43. through knowledge its rooms are filled . . .

44. Stop lying to each other; tell the truth,
for we are parts of each other and when we lie
to each other we are hurting ourselves.
If you are angry, don’t sin by nursing your grudge.

45. Don’t let the sun go down with you still angry—get over it
quickly; for when you are angry, you give a mighty foothold
to the devil . . . Don’t use bad language.
Say only what is good and helpful to those
you are talking to, and what will give them a blessing . . .

46. Stop being mean, bad-tempered, and angry.
Quarreling, harsh words, and
dislike of others should have no place in your lives.

47. Instead, be kind to each other,
tenderhearted, forgiving one another, just as God
has forgiven you because you belong to Christ.
(Ephesians 4:25-26, 29, 31-32 – Living Bible)

48. Commitment 1

49. Focused conflict quickly

50. Commitment 2

51. Offer forgiveness freely

52. Take on an entirely new way of life —
a God-fashioned life, a life renewed from the inside
and working itself into your conduct
as God accurately reproduces his character in you.
(Ephesians 4:22-24 – The Message)

53. Let’s Pray